In the smoke, a slender figure walked in with an unhurried pace. The handsome and sinister face carried a gloomy expression, and his voice, as cold as metallic ice, was icy and chilling: “Whose life do you want?”
“Captain!” Everyone exclaimed in unison.
No one had expected that Fu Chen, who hadn’t been seen for many days, would suddenly appear in the Yaoyang Base, and in such a manner before everyone.
Even though only half a month had passed, Fu Chen gave off a completely changed aura. The dangerous air around him had become even stronger, and his profound and sinister eyes made people dare not meet his gaze.
Everyone stared at the man who appeared in the banquet hall like a god, speculating about his identity.
His profound eyes pierced through the crowd and locked onto the girl standing in the center, forced to stand like a criminal. He stared intently at her.
Bai Qingqing saw Fu Chen appear and stood there in disbelief, as if she thought it was an illusion. But when everyone called out “Captain,” it snapped her back to reality.
She rushed towards him like a bird, crashing into his open arms.
Fu Chen lowered his gaze at the girl in his embrace. She was wearing a white dress, with delicate swan-like neck and slender arms wrapped in white bandages stained with specks of blood, giving her a pitiful yet beautiful appearance.
The precious one he held in his hands, who entered the survivor’s base, had suffered such great harm.
Fu Chen tightened his hands as if holding a treasure and embraced her soft body, feeling the warmth and fragrance that emanated from her. “Qingqing.”
“Brother.” Bai Qingqing, as if finding her backbone, leaned on his chest, relying on him. “Brother, brother…”
She wasn’t too afraid when she was brought to the banquet hall. She knew that Cheng Rui, Xiao Yang, and every member of the squad would protect her.
But when she saw Fu Chen appear unscathed before her, her heart instantly settled. Even though he was just one of her mission targets, he gave her a different feeling.
She attributed this to him being the captain of the squad and the strongest esper in the post-apocalyptic world. As long as he was there, there would be no problem they couldn’t solve.
Moreover, she was now Fu Chen’s little sister. Her big brother had come to support her, regardless of anyone’s high status. As long as her brother was there, she wouldn’t be afraid.
“Don’t be afraid.” His deep and magnetic voice sounded again by her ear. “Brother is here.”
Bai Qingqing squeezed out two tears and looked up at him with teary eyes. “Brother, that woman wants to kill me. I didn’t poison her. She framed me. Please believe me.”
Who knows how to play the blame game? You blame your father, I’ll tell my brother.
“I believe you.” Fu Chen held her waist with one hand, his cold and stern gaze fixed on the three members of the Ye family. It didn’t matter that they were the lords of the Yaoyang Base; anyone who bullied him would pay the price.
The faces of the Ye family were grim, and the area around the banquet was sealed off. A stranger could barge in alone, indicating his unfathomable strength.
Several friends of Cheng Rui also referred to him as the captain, indicating that he was the strongest esper in the squad. He would surely seek justice for his sister’s grievances.
Ye Jiahui conspired with the doctor to inject herself with poison, intending to frame Bai Qingqing at the banquet. Little did she know that Fu Chen would suddenly appear.
In order to make it more convincing, she had injected herself with poison. If she didn’t take the antidote within half an hour, her life would be in real danger.
“Father!” Ye Jiahui’s expression was filled with pain as she gritted her teeth. “I feel terrible.”
Regardless of the outcome of this situation, the play had to continue. The father and son of the Ye family didn’t know that Ye Jiahui was deliberately framing Bai Qingqing, so they were overly worried about her, their expressions filled with anger.
Ye Jianguo spoke in a deep voice, “Miss Bai, as long as you hand over the antidote, we’ll let this matter go tonight.”
Resting against Fu Chen’s embrace, Bai Qingqing played the role of a delicate and pitiful white lotus, biting her lip and said, “I didn’t poison her, and I don’t have the antidote.”
The other members of the squad also didn’t believe that Bai Qingqing had poisoned Ye Jiahui. They coldly stared at the Ye family.
Cheng Yan remained neutral. He currently had no intention of opposing the Ye family for Bai Qingqing’s sake; it would be impossible to offend the Ye family.
Ye Jiahui’s expression twisted in agony, veins popping on her skin. It seemed that the poison had already deeply affected her, and if she didn’t receive treatment and take the antidote soon, her life would be in danger.
Facing the aggressive approach of the Ye family, the people defending Bai Qingqing didn’t back down. “Qingqing would never poison anyone. You scheming girl, stop framing her!”
“Heh,” Fu Chen sneered, leaning down to Bai Qingqing’s ear and said, “Brother will take revenge for you.”
The members of the Ye family, along with the other espers, launched their attacks but instantly covered their heads, screaming in pain with twisted and agonized expressions.
“It hurts! My head! It’s going to explode!”
“It hurts so much! Please, spare me!”
Cheng Yan and the other members of the squad were unharmed, while the Ye family and the other espers fell to the ground, clutching their heads, rolling in agony, devoid of any dignity.
For those who were subjected to psychic attacks, half a minute felt like a century. Their faces turned ghostly pale, and they were drenched in cold sweat.
The team members looked at Fu Chen and thought to themselves, “During the time the captain spent outside the base, his strength has unexpectedly improved to the fifth rank or higher. His terrifying power makes him a formidable presence wherever he goes.”
Only when those people cried and begged for mercy did Fu Chen slowly withdraw his psychic attack. He sat lazily and coldly on the chair, his gaze emotionless as he looked at the people on the ground.
“I’ll give you two choices.”
“First, come over here and kneel down to apologize to Qingqing, and your lives will be spared.”
“Second, die directly.”
Ye Jianguo, the leader of the Ye family, had never been so humiliated before, reduced to a lowly existence controlled by someone else’s life and death.
Few people who survived in the apocalypse wanted to die, so Ye Jianguo’s subordinates quickly rolled over to apologize. “Sorry.”
Fu Chen coldly looked at the three members of the Ye family.
The piercingly cold gaze of the man made people feel as if their throats were being held by the Grim Reaper, unable to breathe, and the terrifying oppressive feeling made their teeth chatter.
Ye Jianguo decisively pulled his children over and bowed his head in apology. “Miss Bai, we were wrong. Please forgive us.”
Fu Chen glanced coldly at the three of them and turned his head to Bai Qingqing. He said, “Did you hear that?”
Bai Qingqing’s eyes flickered slightly as she replied, “The voice was too soft, I couldn’t hear it clearly.”
Fu Chen raised an eyebrow slightly and his voice turned icy. “Is your voice so small?”
When had the Ye family been humiliated like this? They dared not show any anger, fearing that the man in front of them would go crazy and turn murderous.
“Miss Bai, I’m sorry!” The Ye family members suppressed their fear and humiliation as they apologized.
The other espers in the base had complex expressions after witnessing the leader of the Ye family in such a state. The status and dignity of the Ye family plummeted in their hearts.
Ye Jiahui couldn’t bear the torment of the poison any longer. She struggled to get up and shouted in a fierce manner, “Doctor, give me the medicine, quickly!”
The doctor cautiously approached, but someone took the medicine bottle from his hand.
Liang Zhiyu’s eyes behind the glasses gleamed with coldness as he said, “Is this considered a self-exposed lie?”
Ye Jianguo and his son were deeply annoyed. They never expected that their daughter/sister would be lying and that the situation would turn out like this.
“Give me the medicine!” Ye Jiahui shouted with bloodshot eyes.
Liang Zhiyu looked at Fu Chen and asked coldly, “Captain, how should we handle this?”
“Give her the medicine,” Fu Chen said indifferently.
Xiao Yang was displeased. “Why give it to her? She framed Qingqing shamelessly. It would be best if she died from the poison.”
Bai Qingqing lowered her eyes and remained silent.
Liang Zhiyu threw the medicine on the ground, and Ye Jiahui rushed over to open the bottle and eagerly swallowed the medicine. The medicine took effect quickly, and she immediately regained some color in her face.
Cheng Yan looked at Ye Jianguo and said coldly, “Leader, Miss Bai is my friend. You owe me an explanation for today’s events.”
Ye Jianguo’s face was devoid of light as he raised his hand and slapped Ye Jiahui. “Nonsense!”
“Dad, you hit me.” Ye Jiahui covered her face and cried, unable to believe that her father would lay hands on her.
Ye Hainan pulled his father and advised, “Dad, sister was just confused for a moment and made a mistake. Please don’t get angry.”
The person he resented the most now was the Thunder Team. The humiliation he suffered tonight would be repaid a hundredfold in the future.
As Ye Jiahui’s plot was exposed, the faces of the subordinates who were espers turned ugly. They had suffered unjustly for the sake of a fool.
Ye Jianguo’s anger was restrained, and a hint of guilt appeared on his face. “I failed to educate my daughter properly, which led to this incident. I’m truly sorry.”
Is an apology enough?
Bai Qingqing thought to herself that if she had been successfully framed, who knows what her fate would be. She looked down and glanced at her brother, her eyes filled with grievances.
Fu Chen held her delicate hand and coldly curled his lips. “Apologies are your business, forgiveness is my sister’s business.”
“She can forgive you, but I won’t.”
The expressions of the crowd changed drastically as they looked at the unpredictable Fu Chen. They never expected him to go back on his word.
As if controlled by an invisible force, Ye Jiahui was abruptly pulled in front of Bai Qingqing, forced to kneel down in a humiliating posture.
Fu Chen coldly stared at her, as if looking at a dead piece of flesh. “For every injury Qingqing suffered, you must suffer the pain a thousand or ten thousand times. Only then will I spare you.”
Bai Qingqing felt as if her heart had been torn open, and indescribable emotions surged within her. No matter how she resisted, it was futile. She desperately squeezed in.
She blinked her eyes, staring at Fu Chen’s exquisite profile, and her heartbeat accelerated.
“Fool, fool…” Ye Jiahui was terrified and disoriented, desperately shouting, “Dad, brother, save me! Save me!”
The Ye family father and son wanted to save her, but they couldn’t move, as if they were stuck in place, only able to watch.
When Ye Jiahui was arrogant and domineering, she never expected that Bai Qingqing would have such a brother who showed no mercy to anyone, giving all his tenderness to Bai Qingqing alone.
The thunder transformed into electric blades, slicing her face, neck, arms. Although it didn’t lead to death, it caused excruciating pain.
Ye Jiahui let out a scream, passed out, and was forcibly awakened again. Tears and mucus covered her face as she looked at Bai Qingqing with pain and resentment. She spewed out a lot of venomous words, but in the end, she couldn’t even utter a curse, lying on the ground in agony.
Fu Chen stood up and pulled Bai Qingqing away from the chaotic Ye family.
Bai Qingqing couldn’t help but look back. “Brother, aren’t we waiting for everyone?”
“We’re going out for a walk,” Fu Chen forced her to leave.
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